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God Songs: How to Write and Select Songs for Worship
This instructional book by songwriters Paul Baloche and Jimmy and Carol Owens covers basic songwriting principles like how to develop a song after inspiration comes, 30 characteristics that make a song memorable, 16 shared qualities of great worship songs and 12 keys to unlock writer's block. You will also learn how to gain the listener's attention quickly, find fresh ways...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
June 1st 2005
by Leadworship.com
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This book was a disappointment in some ways. The information about proper songcraft and selection was fairly good, and Baloche emphasizes the spiritual as much as the practical. But the book is tainted by his insistence that church musicians shouldn't have to know anything about music. Baloche even goes so far as to claim that knowledge of basic music theory will prevent songwriters from doing a good job because they will get hung up in theoretical issues instead of concentrating on their flow o...more
There is some great wisdom found in this book for songwriters and those who lead music at church.
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